Long Term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: Headline Indicators – October 2014
Annual update of the 'Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities' headline indicators.
Premature Mortality - from all causes, aged under 75 years
Between 1997 and 2012, the European age-standardised death rate amongst those aged under 75 years decreased by 32%. However, it remains the case that more than 20,000 individuals in Scotland aged under 75 die each year.
In 2012, deaths in the most deprived areas were more than three times as common as deaths in the least deprived. The reduction in deaths between 1997 and 2006 occurred at a slower rate in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived, which saw a widening of inequalities in relative terms. However, since 2006, the level of relative inequality has stabilised, and is unchanged from last year.
Despite some fluctuation, absolute inequality has continued to fall since peaking in 2002. There have been consecutive falls since 2007, and the difference between rates in the most and least deprived areas is now smaller than in any other year in the time series.
Inequalities gradient in 2012
Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time
Absolute range over time
Scale / context
| Number of deaths |
Target population size |
Rate per 100,000 (EASR) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |
26,081 |
4,740,269 |
651.9 |
| 1998 |
25,857 |
4,729,975 |
643.3 |
| 1999 |
25,491 |
4,721,298 |
632.5 |
| 2000 |
24,593 |
4,708,667 |
607.3 |
| 2001 |
24,168 |
4,703,661 |
593.1 |
| 2002 |
24,219 |
4,701,958 |
588.9 |
| 2003 |
23,789 |
4,702,431 |
573.4 |
| 2004 |
22,896 |
4,714,233 |
546.2 |
| 2005 |
22,441 |
4,735,320 |
530.3 |
| 2006 |
22,237 |
4,752,425 |
520.4 |
| 2007 |
22,359 |
4,783,452 |
516.8 |
| 2008 |
22,005 |
4,811,453 |
501.3 |
| 2009 |
21,229 |
4,835,007 |
477.0 |
| 2010 |
20,997 |
4,858,058 |
467.4 |
| 2011 |
20,685 |
4,888,316 |
456.1 |
| 2012 |
20,446 |
4,895,114 |
445.3 |
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